If you were trying to kill a lot of people (or maybe sneakily kill just one person), you could go with the predictable choices: guns, tanks, poison, and swords.
Or, you could get creative.
For as long as nations have existed, it seems that governments have been working to figure out the craziest ways to end people’s lives. From cat robots to poisonous umbrellas, here are 21 of history’s most out-there weapons:
Next, check out the 23 craziest Nazi weapons ever invented. Then, learn what seven wartime inventions you probably use every day.
